My kids are now 10, 9, and 6. We have lots of family around the world, mostly New Zealand and Japan but other places too. Is now time to go walk about before exams etc and any of them fly the nest?
Just done 5 weeks visiting eldest daughter in Oz over the October school holidays. It was the last chance to do it before eldest son (14) needs to get his head down for exams.
The youngest two (9 and 12) were given the schools blessing as they would be "learning more out of school".
Had a whale of a time!
Go for it! We are only here once.
Meaning to take my kids off for extended breaks once they have done their equivalents of standard grades. Eldest Argentina or India, youngest suggest diving at mo.
The world is a big place and contrary to our present political position they are citizens of the world.
Who knows where they will end up.
Have to say aswell when they finish education, I fancy some kind of sabbatical myself.
Really good idea to open their eyes, to see the rest of the world.
Two fantastic countries, NZ so easy to visit, really friendly natives just tour to your hearts content.
Japan is not quite so easy as they speak little English and have some very strange ( to us ) customs, but it is incredibly beautiful. You will definitely need assistance with planning. The locals are all very friendly though and will do anything to help. The driving appears to be easy enough as they are on the right side and incredibly tolerant.
Be aware that bathing can be communal and involves a lot of nudity which will be a real shock for children, if not adults, In some remoter areas it can be mixed!
Do learn a few words before you go, that applies to Japan too
Do it. It is the best education for the kids. Our son was in 7 schools in both hemispheres by the time he was 11. 11 years later he had completed two masters degrees - astrophysics and radio astronomy, and started on his PhD. Moving obviously did him no harm.
It did me a power of good too. So far I have owned five farms in four different countries - absolutely fascinating to learn so much about so many different ways of farming.
If that is for me you will be sorely disappointed. In 14 years here I have only seen one, and it was obviously in transit to some distant place - stopped with a couple of support vehicles at a watering hole.
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